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New York Times:
After 2 Weeks, Trump's Bungles Have Aides Rethinking Strategy — WASHINGTON — President Trump loves to set the day's narrative at dawn, but the deeper story of his White House is best told at night. — Aides confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches in the cabinet room.
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Michael G. Mullen / New York Times:
I Was on the National Security Council. Bannon Doesn't Belong There. — In his first weeks in office, President Trump has outlined plans to reorganize the White House's National Security Council. This is in keeping with tradition: New presidents regularly reconfigure the council to fit …
New York Times:
Donald Trump Says ‘Negative Polls Are Fake News’ — Opposition to President Trump's travel restrictions on certain countries was mounting on Monday, but Mr. Trump remained defiant and unbowed. — Mr. Trump turned to Twitter early Monday and began challenging polls that showed his travel order was not popular.
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John Yoo / New York Times:
Executive Power Run Amok — Berkeley, Calif. — Faced with President Trump's executive orders suspending immigration from several Muslim nations and ordering the building of a border wall, and his threats to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even Alexander Hamilton …
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Talking Points Memo and emptywheel
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Torture Memos author John Yoo says Trump has gone too far — John Yoo, a former Justice Department attorney known for writing legal memorandums on enhanced interrogation tactics known as the Torture Memos, says President Donald Trump — has gone too far in his use of executive power.
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RedState
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department demolishes case against Trump order — James Robart, the U.S. district judge in Washington State, offered little explanation for his decision to stop President Trump's executive order temporarily suspending non-American entry from seven terror-plagued countries.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The President Has Much Power Over Immigration, but How Much?
The President Has Much Power Over Immigration, but How Much?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sanders: Gorsuch needs 60 votes to pass the Senate
Sanders: Gorsuch needs 60 votes to pass the Senate
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alan.com and The Daily Caller
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Judge Robart Blocked the Muslim Ban
Why Judge Robart Blocked the Muslim Ban
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump resumes Twitter attacks on judge
Trump resumes Twitter attacks on judge
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John Fund / National Review:
Trump's Best Asset May Be His Unhinged Opponents — Permanent outrage and hysterical doom-mongering do not attract moderate voters. — The good news for Democrats is that the apathy of many of their voters — which contributed to Hillary Clinton's losing in November — is gone now that Donald Trump is president.
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Washington Post and CNN
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump sets Democratic field ablaze with anger
Trump sets Democratic field ablaze with anger
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Political Wire
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘The Senate is coming apart’
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Does Trump Actually Want to Succeed? — HOUSTON—Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: James A. Baker III was the gold standard when it came to running a White House. And so far he's not overly impressed when it comes to the troubled kickoff of the Trump administration.
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Raw Story
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Bracing for Trump's Revenge — Donald Trump has never made a secret of his penchant for personal vengeance. He boasts about it, tweets about it, tells long, rambling stories about it on the transcontinental speaking circuit. When, last year, he was asked to identify a favorite Bible passage, he cited “an eye for an eye.”
Brad Stone / Bloomberg:
Uber Hires Veteran NASA Engineer to Develop Flying Cars — The man who inspired Google's co-founder will join the ride-hailing startup's nascent project. — by — In 2010, an advanced aircraft engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center named Mark Moore published a white paper outlining …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump 101: he is definitely not a health nut — Aides who travelled with Donald Trump during the campaign marveled at the lax health habits of a 70 year-old obsessed with appearance. Here was a man fixated on his personal brand and look like nobody they'd ever seen.
Wall Street Journal:
Few Recall Gorsuch's Volunteer Work at Harvard — Questions arise over Trump Supreme Court pick's level of participation in programs to help less fortunate while in law school — When President Donald Trump introduced his Supreme Court pick on live television last week, he said Neil Gorsuch had …
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Raw Story and SCOTUSblog
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Abdul-Jabbar, Chelsea Handler bring star power to Democratic retreat — NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and comedian Chelsea Handler will headline House Democrats' retreat this week as lawmakers head to Baltimore to regroup after months of intra-party turmoil.
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Axios
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Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Chelsea Clinton Is the Last Thing the Democratic Party Needs
Chelsea Clinton Is the Last Thing the Democratic Party Needs
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Instapundit
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The Democrats face up to their Trump problem
The Democrats face up to their Trump problem
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
GOP senator: 'We don't have any so-called judges' — Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Sunday rejected President Donald Trump — 's attack on the federal judge who halted his travel ban, saying there are only “real judges,” not “so-called judges.” — “We don't have any so-called judges, just real judges,” Sasse told ABC's “This Week.”
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Fox News:
Trump: Leaked transcripts of Mexico, Australia calls ‘disgraceful’ — PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Trump on Saturday denounced the leaks of transcripts of his telephone conversations with leaders of Australia and Mexico as “disgraceful” and said his administration was searching “very, very hard” for the leakers.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Trump Protesters Borrow From Tea Party to Put Pressure on Lawmakers — Opponents on the left are making plans to show up in force when members of Congress hold town forums during this month's recess. — MORRISTOWN, N.J. — For weeks, a swelling group has been showing up every Friday …
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